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<ul><li><a href="#Introduction">Introduction</a></li><li><a href="#Engine_vs_Host_placement">Engine vs Host placement</a></li><li><a href="#Context_Attribute_Replication">Context Attribute Replication</a></li><li><a href="#Nested_Components">Nested Components</a></li><li><a href="#Deprecated_configuration_options">Deprecated configuration options</a></li><li><a href="#Attributes">Attributes</a><ol><li><a href="#SimpleTcpCluster_Attributes">SimpleTcpCluster Attributes</a></li></ol></li></ul>
</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Introduction"><strong>Introduction</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
  <p>
  The tomcat cluster implementation provides session replication, context attribute replication and
  cluster wide WAR file deployment.
  While the <code>Cluster</code> configuration is fairly complex, the default configuration will work
  for most people out of the box. </p><p>
  The Tomcat Cluster implementation is very extensible, and hence we have exposed a myriad of options,
  making the configuration seem like a lot, but don't lose faith, instead you have a tremendous control
  over what is going on.</p>
</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Engine vs Host placement"><!--()--></a><a name="Engine_vs_Host_placement"><strong>Engine vs Host placement</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
  <p>
   You can place the <code>&lt;Cluster&gt;</code> element inside either the <code>&lt;Engine&gt;</code>
   container or the <code>&lt;Host&gt;</code> container.<br>
   Placing it in the engine, means that you will support clustering in all virtual hosts of Tomcat,
   and share the messaging component. When you place the <code>&lt;Cluster&gt;</code> inside the <code>&lt;Engine&gt;</code>
   element, the cluster will append the host name of each session manager to the managers name so that two contexts with
   the same name but sitting inside two different hosts will be distinguishable.
  </p>
</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Context Attribute Replication"><!--()--></a><a name="Context_Attribute_Replication"><strong>Context Attribute Replication</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
  <p>To configure context attribute replication, simply do this by swapping out the context implementation
  used for your application context.
    <div align="left"><table cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#023264" width="1" height="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td><td bgcolor="#023264" height="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td><td bgcolor="#023264" width="1" height="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#023264" width="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff" height="1"><pre>&lt;Context className="org.apache.catalina.ha.context.ReplicatedContext"/&gt;</pre></td><td bgcolor="#023264" width="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#023264" width="1" height="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td><td bgcolor="#023264" height="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td><td bgcolor="#023264" width="1" height="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td></tr></table></div>
    This context extends the Tomcat <code><a href="context.html">StandardContext</a></code>
    so all the options from the <a href="context.html">base implementation</a> are valid.
  </p>
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  <p><b><a href="cluster-manager.html">Manager</a>:</b> <br>
    The session manager element identifies what kind of session manager is used in this cluster implementation.
    This manager configuration is identical to the one you would use in a regular <code><a href="context.html#Nested%20xComponents">&lt;Context&gt;</a></code> configuration.
    <br>The default value is the <code>org.apache.catalina.ha.session.DeltaManager</code> that is closely coupled with
    the <code>SimpleTcpCluster</code> implementation. Other managers like the <code>org.apache.catalina.ha.session.BackupManager</code>
    are/could be loosely coupled and don't rely on the <code>SimpleTcpCluster</code> for its data replication.
  </p>
  <p><b><a href="cluster-channel.html">Channel</a>:</b> <br>
    The Channel and its sub components are all part of the IO layer
    for the cluster group, and is a module in it's own that we have nick named "Tribes"
    <br>
    Any configuring and tuning of the network layer, the messaging and the membership logic
    will be done in the channel and its nested components.
    You can always find out more about <a href="../tribes/introduction.html">Apache Tribes</a>
  </p>
  <p><b><a href="cluster-valve.html">Valve</a>:</b> <br>
    The Tomcat Cluster implementation uses <code>Tomcat <a href="valve.html">Valves</a></code> to
    track when requests enter and exit the servlet container. It uses these valves to be able to make
    intelligent decisions on when to replicate data, which is always at the end of a request.
  </p>
  <p><b><a href="cluster-deployer.html">Deployer</a>:</b> <br>
    The Deployer component is the Tomcat Farm Deployer. It allows you to deploy and undeploy applications
    cluster wide.
  </p>
  <p><b><a href="cluster-listener.html">ClusterListener</a>:</b> <br>
    ClusterListener's are used to track messages sent and received using the <code>SimpleTcpCluster</code>.
    If you wish to track messages, you can add a listener here, or you can add a valve to the channel object.
  </p>
</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Deprecated configuration options"><!--()--></a><a name="Deprecated_configuration_options"><strong>Deprecated configuration options</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
  <p>
    <b>Deprecated settings:</b> In the previous version of Tomcat you were able to control session
       manager settings using manager.&lt;property&gt;=value.
       This has been discontinued, as the way it was written interferes with
       the ability to support multiple different manager classes under one cluster implementation,
       as the same properties might have the different effect on different managers.
  </p>
</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Attributes"><strong>Attributes</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="SimpleTcpCluster Attributes"><!--()--></a><a name="SimpleTcpCluster_Attributes"><strong>SimpleTcpCluster Attributes</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
  <table border="1" cellpadding="5"><tr><th width="15%" bgcolor="#023264"><font color="#ffffff">Attribute</font></th><th width="85%" bgcolor="#023264"><font color="#ffffff">Description</font></th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="center"><strong><code class="attributeName">className</code></strong></td><td align="left" valign="center">
      <p>The main cluster class, currently only one is available,
         <code>org.apache.catalina.ha.tcp.SimpleTcpCluster</code>
      </p>
    </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="center"><strong><code class="attributeName">channelSendOptions</code></strong></td><td align="left" valign="center">
      <p>The Tribes channel send options, default is <code>8</code>.<br>
         This option is used to set the flag that all messages sent through the
         SimpleTcpCluster uses. The flag decides how the messages are sent, and is a simple logical OR.<br>

      <div align="left"><table cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#023264" width="1" height="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td><td bgcolor="#023264" height="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td><td bgcolor="#023264" width="1" height="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#023264" width="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff" height="1"><pre>
        int options= Channel.SEND_OPTIONS_ASYNCHRONOUS |
                     Channel.SEND_OPTIONS_SYNCHRONIZED_ACK |
                     Channel.SEND_OPTIONS_USE_ACK;
      </pre></td><td bgcolor="#023264" width="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#023264" width="1" height="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td><td bgcolor="#023264" height="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td><td bgcolor="#023264" width="1" height="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td></tr></table></div>
      Some of the values are:<br>
      <code>Channel.SEND_OPTIONS_SYNCHRONIZED_ACK = 0x0004</code><br>
      <code>Channel.SEND_OPTIONS_ASYNCHRONOUS = 0x0008</code><br>
      <code>Channel.SEND_OPTIONS_USE_ACK = 0x0002</code><br>
      So to use ACK and ASYNC messaging, the flag would be <code>10 (8+2) or 0x000B</code><br>
      Note that if you use ASYNC messaging it is possible for update messages
      for a session to be processed by the receiving nodes in a different order
      to the order in which they were sent.
      </p>
    </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="center"><code class="attributeName">channelStartOptions</code></td><td align="left" valign="center">
      <p>Sets the start and stop flags for the &lt;Channel&gt; object used by the cluster.
         The default is <code>Channel.DEFAULT</code> which starts all the channel services, such as
         sender, receiver, multicast sender and multicast receiver.
         The following flags are available today:
         <div align="left"><table cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#023264" width="1" height="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td><td bgcolor="#023264" height="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td><td bgcolor="#023264" width="1" height="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#023264" width="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff" height="1"><pre>
           Channel.DEFAULT = Channel.SND_RX_SEQ (1)| Channel.SND_TX_SEQ (2)| Channel.MBR_RX_SEQ (4)| Channel.MBR_TX_SEQ (8);
         </pre></td><td bgcolor="#023264" width="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#023264" width="1" height="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td><td bgcolor="#023264" height="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td><td bgcolor="#023264" width="1" height="1"><img src="../images/void.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td></tr></table></div>
         To start a channel without multicasting, you would want to use the value <code>Channel.SND_RX_SEQ | Channel.SND_TX_SEQ</code>
         that equals to <code>3</code>.
      </p>
    </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="center"><code class="attributeName">heartbeatBackgroundEnabled</code></td><td align="left" valign="center">
      <p>Enable this flag don't forget to disable the channel heartbeat thread.
      </p>
    </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="center"><code class="attributeName">doClusterLog</code></td><td align="left" valign="center">
      <p><b>Deprecated since 6.0.0</b></p>
      <p>Possible values are <code>true</code> or <code>false</code><br>
         Value is inherited from Tomcat 5.5 and has no official meaning.
         to configure logging, use the standard tomcat logging configuration.
      </p>
    </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="center"><code class="attributeName">clusterLogName</code></td><td align="left" valign="center">
      <p><b>Deprecated since 6.0.0</b></p>
      <p>
        Value is inherited from Tomcat 5.5 and has no official meaning.
         to configure logging, use the standard tomcat logging configuration.
      </p>
    </td></tr></table>
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